Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Toxin

Toxin , noun

[Greek toxiko`n. See Toxic. ]

A poisonous product formed by an organism, such as a pathogenic bacterium, a plant or an animal, usually having a high molecular weight, often a protein or a polysaccharide, but occasionally a low-molecular weight agent such as tetrodotoxin.

Also: Toxine